By Anna Scabello São Paulo, 09/16/2025 - The Weekly Consumer Price Index (IPC-S) from the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (Ibre/FGV) is expected to accelerate its upward trend in the next two four-week periods until it reaches 0.30%, according to economist and IPC-S coordinator, André Braz. He explains that the movement will be influenced by the increase in residential electricity. "The anchor of inflation in August was the Housing group, due to the Itaipu bonus, but without considering the bonus in September, the energy bill starts to show an increase," he details. From the first to the second four-week period of September, the index went from a decrease of 0.20% to an increase of 0.06%, already influenced by the return of electricity, which also contributed to the acceleration of the Housing group, to 0.54%. Furthermore, Braz ...